Transgender military members offered free surgeries

A former Navy surgeon says she will perform gender confirmation surgery — for free — for some members of the military affected by President Trump’s ban on transgender soldiers.

Dr. Christine McGinn, herself transgender,told CNN’s Michael Smerconish that any of her patients who were scheduled to receive the surgery before Trump’s announcement will undergo the procedure free of charge.

McGinn was previously nominated in 2000 for the Navy’s flight surgeon of the year award during her tenure in the military. She also founded a transgender clinic in 2007 and has been a member of the Jim Collins Foundation advisory board — providing funds to members of the transgender community for their surgeries — since 2010…Watch the Interview.